Before their season tipped off last September, Nuggets general manager Calvin Booth candidly estimated that “we have nine real guys” on the roster.
After the NBA trade deadline came and went quietly in Denver, Booth was asked to reassess that statement.
“It’s really difficult to determine our starting lineup, right? We have six or seven starters, and we have a drop-off after that,” he said Thursday at Ball Arena. “And I think that’s not an insult to anybody, to Julian (Strawther) or any of the other guys on the roster. But I just think that’s where we’re at.